ES2376641T3 - MOTORCYCLE. - Google Patents

Abstract

A motorcycle including a head lamp (20) which is disposed in a front cover (17) constituting a handlebar cover (16) and a meter unit (38) which is disposed in a rear cover (18). A meter visor (25) is arranged between the head lamp (20) and the meter unit (38). A pair of left and right sub-covers (19) are arranged between the meter visor (25) and the front cover (17). The sub-covers (19) adjoin the head lamp (20), the meter visor (25), the meter unit (38), the front cover (17) and the rear cover (18). The sub-covers (19) extend from the left and right rear ends of the head lamp (20) to the left and right front ends of the meter unit (38), and present an appearance of linking the head lamp (20) and the meter unit (19). The sub-covers (19) are provided with screen stays penetrating them vertically.

Description

Motorcycle

Technical field

This invention relates to a motorcycle, and more specifically to a motorcycle that has a handlebar cover that covers a handlebar except for its handle parts.

Background of the invention

A motorcycle having a handlebar cover covering a handlebar except for its handle parts according to the preamble of claim 1 is known from JP 8-011762 A.

EP 2 168 856 A2, a document published later and that should be considered as the state of the art according to article 54 (3) EPC, describes a motorcycle including a handlebar to steer the vehicle, a handlebar cover that covers the handlebar except of its handle parts, a headlight that is mounted on a front part of the handlebar cover and has a lens surface whose upper end is placed behind a lower end and a measuring unit that is mounted on a rear part of the cover handlebar at a distance from the headlight and has a lens surface whose upper end is placed in front of a lower end, where a pair of left and right secondary covers are provided formed of elements other than the handlebar cover and arranged adjacent to the headlight and the measuring unit, and the secondary covers are mounted on the handlebar cover with its front ends positioned adjacent to outside Left and right upper oars of the headlamp and its rear ends placed adjacent to the upper left and right ends of the measuring unit.

WO 2006/035921 A1 describes a handlebar cover that includes a handlebar cover body and a secondary cover. The handlebar cover body is provided with a gauge hole. The secondary cover is mounted on the handlebar cover body. The secondary cover covers an outer peripheral portion of an indicator surface of a measuring unit and a peripheral edge of the meter hole.

JP 63-077884 U describes a motorcycle that has a handlebar cover that covers a handlebar except for its handle parts, a headlight that is mounted on a front part of the handlebar cover, a pair of left and right secondary covers that They are mounted on the handlebar cover, and a windshield supported by windshield mounts.

A straddle vehicle such as a motorcycle is equipped with a tube-shaped handlebar that extends to the left and right of the body as its steering handlebar. And this steering handlebar is covered by a handlebar cover including a front cover and a rear cover, arranged respectively towards the front and rear of the body, except at both the left and right ends (handle parts). When creating a characteristic design for a motorcycle, the visual effect of the handlebar cover is very important, and various stratagems are required.

For example, Japanese patent document number JP 2007-030591 A describes a handlebar cover on whose front cover lower level parts formed so as to be lower than the parts on the left and right in regions adjacent to the left and right of the headlight, and in whose plan view the left and right contours of these lower level parts of the front cover are shaped so that they are substantially continuous to the left and right contours of the upper wall of the rear cover.

Technical problem

The handlebar cover described in Japanese patent document number JP 2007-030591 A receives continuity between the front cover and the back cover by continuing the contours of the lower level parts of the front cover and the upper wall of the back cover, but a sense of integration between the front cover and the rear cover is missing because of the visible edge line between the front cover and the rear cover, and also no attention is paid to achieving continuity or a sense of integration between the placed headlamp towards the front cover and the measuring unit placed towards the rear cover, giving rise to a no more than ordinary impression of the design of the handlebar cover area.

An object of this invention is to provide a motorcycle capable of providing a new visual effect achieving a sense of integration between the headlight towards the front and the measuring unit towards the rear of the handlebar cover.

Problem solution

This object is achieved with a motorcycle having a handlebar cover that covers a handlebar except for its handle parts according to claim 1.

The invention has its first feature that, in a motorcycle including a handlebar to steer the vehicle, a handlebar cover that covers the handlebar except for its handle parts, a headlight that is mounted on a front part of the vehicle cover. handlebar and has a lens surface whose upper end is placed behind a lower end, and a measuring unit that is mounted on a rear part of the handlebar cover at a distance from the headlight and has a lens surface whose upper end is placed in front of a lower end, where a pair of left and right secondary covers are provided formed of elements other than the handlebar cover and arranged adjacent to the headlamp and the measuring unit, and the secondary covers are mounted on the handlebar cover with its ends front placed adjacent to upper left and right ends of the headlight and its rear ends placed two adjacent to the upper left and right ends of the measuring unit, and where a windshield supported by windshield supports arranged vertically penetrating the secondary covers is provided, and the windshield supports have brackets attached to their lower ends, the brackets being connected to handlebar brackets attached on the handlebar side.

The invention also has its second feature that the handlebar cover includes a front cover and a rear cover, a meter viewer that is mounted between the headlamp and the measuring unit, placed at a distance from each other, with its leading edge and its rear edge placed adjacent to the headlamp and the measuring unit, respectively, and the pair of left and right secondary covers are arranged to the left and right of the meter viewer, respectively.

The invention also has its third characteristic: the measuring unit has front parts that bulge forward to the left and right, the headlamp has rear parts that bulge back to the left and right, and the secondary covers are mounted with their front ends resting on the rear parts of the headlamp and its rear ends resting on the front parts of the measuring unit.

The invention also has its fourth characteristic: the measuring unit has an indicator display section disposed between the front parts that swell forward to the left and right, the meter viewer includes a rear edge that has a surface opposite to an upper surface of the indicator display section, and multiple holes in front of individual display sections included in the indicator display section are formed at the rear edge.

The invention also has its fifth feature that the meter viewer has a rear surface that expands forward upward from the rear edge and a front surface that expands forward downwardly from the rear surface, and an indentation that has a surface whose central part is a step behind both left and right ends of the rear surface is formed on the rear surface.

Advantageous effects of the invention

According to the invention having the first characteristic, the headlamp and the measuring unit arranged at a distance from each other in the front to rear direction of the body can have an aspect in which they are linked by secondary covers formed of an element separated from the cover of handlebar, making it possible to give a sense of design integration between the headlamp and the measuring unit. Especially the user of a motorcycle that often sees the handlebar cover above the vehicle, can have a deeply new impression of the appearance using the new idea of design technique that makes the headlight and the measuring unit operate in collaboration.

In addition, according to the invention having the first feature, the handlebar cover can be adapted to the fit or non-fit of the windshield by removing only the secondary covers of the handlebar cover to replace or work on it. Therefore, when the fitted windshield state has to be changed to the non-fit state, there is no need to replace the entire handlebar cover, but the penetration holes of the windshield mounts can be restored by replacing only the secondary covers .

In addition, according to the invention having the second characteristic, since the meter viewer and the secondary covers are arranged so that they cover the edge line between the front cover and the back cover in a wide range, when the measuring unit is seen from above the vehicle, the effect is obtained that the edge line between the front cover and the rear cover is unimpressive.

In addition, according to the invention having the third characteristic, since the external forms of the measuring unit and the headlamp are formed so that they have bulged parts of substantially the same shape and each of these bulged parts is placed adjacent to a secondary cover. , the external shape of the measuring unit and the external shape of the headlamp may have continuity, resulting in an additional emphasis on the sense of integration between the measuring unit and the headlamp.

Furthermore, according to the invention having the fourth characteristic, the measuring unit can be made more compact by arranging the indicator display section in the space formed between the domed parts of the measuring unit. In addition, since the indicator display section formed in the measuring unit can be distinguished by the meter display of the region where the speedometer and other constituent elements of the measuring unit are arranged, the handlebar area including the measuring unit It can be made more compact while improving the appearance seen from above the vehicle.

In addition, according to the invention having the fifth characteristic, where the configuration is such that holes are arranged in the leading edge of the meter display to make the indications of the indicator display section visible, since the indentation is formed by arranging the rear surface of the meter viewer one step below towards the front of the body, it is possible to prevent the visibility of the indicator display section from above from being adversely affected, thereby making it possible to ensure the visibility of the display section of indicators.

Brief description of the drawings

Figure 1 is a top view of the essential part of the motorcycle belonging to an embodiment of the invention.

Figure 2 is a left profile of the motorcycle belonging to the embodiment of the invention. Figure 3 is a front perspective view of the essential part of the motorcycle belonging to an example of embodiment of the invention.

Figure 4 is a rear perspective view of the essential part of the motorcycle belonging to an example of

embodiment of the invention. Figure 5 is a left profile of the essential part of the motorcycle belonging to the exemplary embodiment of the invention.

Figure 6 is a rear perspective view of the essential part of the motorcycle excluding a viewfinder of

gauges Figure 7 is a front left perspective view of the essential part of the motorcycle excluding a front cover

Figure 8 is a cross-sectional view of a projection for thread mounting formed in the front cover.

Figure 9 is a cross-sectional view of an example of a joint part between the front cover and a back cover. Figure 10 is a cross-sectional view of the area in which the protrusions of the front cover and the

Back cover protrusions are facing each other. Figure 11 is a front view of the measuring unit. Figure 12 is a bottom view of the measuring unit. Figure 13 is a cross-sectional view between arrows A and A in Figure 11. Figure 14 is a cross-sectional view between arrows B and B in Figure 11. Figure 15 is a cross-sectional view between arrows C and C in Figure 11. Figure 16 is a cross-sectional view between arrows D and D in Figure 11. Figure 17 is a cross-sectional view between arrows E and E in Figure 11. Figure 18 is a cross-sectional view between arrows F and F in Figure 11. Figure 19 is a perspective view of the left rear of the meter viewer. Figure 20 is a cross-sectional profile of the headlamp.

Description of realizations

An exemplary embodiment of the invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Figure 2 is a left profile of a scooter type motorcycle having a handlebar cover belonging to the example of the invention. By the way, unless you indicate otherwise, the forward, backward, left, right and other directions in the following description are the same as the corresponding vehicle respectively.

In Figure 2, the body frame of a motorcycle 1 has a main frame 2 and a seat rail 3. The main frame 2 is a U-profile body that has a vertical part 21 whose front end is attached to a tube front 5 placed in the front part of the body, a horizontal part 22 that extends horizontally from the vertical part 21 and an inclined part 23 that extends backwards upwards from the horizontal part 22. The forward-facing end of the rail of seat 3 is attached to the inclined part 23 of this main frame 2.

The front tube 5 rotatably supports a steering axle 7a to whose lower end a front fork 6 is attached, a front wheel WF is mounted on the lower end of the front fork 6, and a handlebar 7 is mounted on the upper end of the shaft of address 7a. A handle 7b is mounted on each of the two ends of the handlebar 7. Behind the main frame 2, a power unit 9 on whose front a motor 8 is arranged is supported so that it can swing up and down by an axis 10, and the rear part of the power unit 9 is connected to a rear shock absorber 11 suspended from the seat rail 3.

The power unit 9 is provided with a transmission and a reduction gear, not shown, having known configurations for speed transmission and speed reduction, and a rear wheel WR is mounted on the output shaft (not shown) of the reduction gear . Tandem seats 12 integrally formed of a driver's seat and a passenger are mounted on the seat rail 3. A fuel tank 13 is arranged under the tandem seats 12, and a slide compartment 15 is also arranged in the that a helmet can be stored 14.

The handlebar 7 is covered by a handlebar cover 16 all around except for the handle parts at the left and right ends. The handlebar cover 16 has a front cover and a rear cover 18 to be described in detail later, a headlight 20 is incorporated in the front cover 17, and a measuring unit (to be described later) is incorporated in the rear cover 18. The cover front 17 of the handlebar cover 16 has a headlamp hole for mounting the headlamp 20, and on the rear cover 18 a measuring unit hole has been formed to mount the measuring unit.

On the two sides (two flanks) of the measuring unit and the headlamp 20 a pair of left and right secondary covers 19 formed separately from the front cover 17 and the rear cover 18., namely the front cover 17, are arranged. the rear cover 18 and the secondary covers 19 are separate parts of each other. The secondary covers 19 are components that extend in a range from the front cover 17 to the rear cover 18 such that their front and rear ends are adjacent to the measuring unit and the headlamp 20 arranged separately at the front and rear parts of the bodywork.

Mirrors 24 are arranged at the left and right ends of the front cover 17, and a windshield 26 is disposed on a meter viewer 25 that is in contact with the upper sides of the headlight 20 and the measuring unit. This windshield 26 is mounted on a pair of left and right windshield mounts (to be described later with reference to Figures 6 and 7) arranged vertically penetrating the secondary covers 19.

A front cover 27 and a leg protector 28 are provided which partially surrounds the front tube 5 and the main frame 2, and a stirrup floor 29 and a low cover 31 surrounding the rest of the main frame 2 have been provided. side body covers 32 and a rear body cover 33 are arranged surrounding the seat rail 3.

A brake caliper 30 is disposed on the front fork 6. A front fender 34 is arranged on the front wheel WF, and a rear fender 36 is arranged on the rear wheel WR. An air filter 37 for cleaning the air entering the engine 8 is arranged above the power unit 9.

The essential part of the motorcycle, namely the handlebar and the elements around it, will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Figure 1 is a top view of the essential part of the motorcycle 1 including the handlebar cover 16; Figure 3 is a front perspective view thereof; Figure 4 is a rear perspective view thereof; and Figure 5 is a left profile thereof. In these drawings, the same reference signs denote respectively the same parts. The handlebar cover 16 has the front cover 17 and the rear cover 18, and the secondary covers 19, the headlight 20, a measuring unit 38 and the meter display 25 are mounted on the handlebar cover 16. The rear end of the front cover 17 and the front end of the rear cover 18 rest against each other constituting an edge line 40 (see Figure 1 and Figure 5).

In addition, as shown in Figure 1, the left and right outer side surfaces of the secondary covers 19 face the front cover 17 and the back cover 18, and their front end surfaces face the upper left end surfaces and headlight right 20. On the other hand, its left and right internal side surfaces face the side surfaces of the meter display 25, and its rear end surfaces face the left and right front end surfaces of the measuring unit

38. In other words, the secondary covers 19 are arranged next to the front and rear covers 17 and 18, the headlamp 20, the measuring unit 38 and the meter display 25.

Thus, a certain degree of integration is achieved between mutually separate components including the front cover 17 and the rear cover 18 which constitute the handlebar cover 16 together with the headlamp 20, the measuring unit 38 and the meter viewer 25 by providing the secondary covers 19 that are contiguous to each of them. In particular, by placing the front and rear portions of the secondary covers 19 so that they face face to face on the headlamp 20 and the measuring unit 38, a sense of integration can be given to these components arranged separated from each other in the front direction -Back of the body.

The edge line 40 of the front cover 17 and the rear cover 18 forms a peak line (or an edge) when the inclined front surface of the front cover 17 and the inclined rear surface of the rear cover 18 meet each other. , and the secondary covers 19 also form a chevron that has a peak in its profile (see Figure 5).

In Figure 4, on the left side of the rear cover 18, an attenuation switch 41, a horn switch 42, and a turn signal switch 43 are arranged in descending order. In addition, an engine stop switch 44 and a starter switch 45 in the upper and lower positions, respectively, are arranged on the right side of the rear cover 18. These switches 41 to 45 are mounted so that the handling elements of the switches are oriented rearward, namely, towards the motorist seated in the seat 12, through holes formed in the rear cover 18.

Figure 1 depicts the handlebar cover 16 before mounting with switches 41 to 45; of the holes formed in the rear cover 18 to fit the switches 41 to 45, a hole 46 for the attenuation switch 41, a hole 47 for the horn switch 42 and a hole 48 for the motor stop switch are seen

44. Holes 49 and 49 have been formed in the rear cover 18 to check the oil in a master cylinder (not shown) that supplies brake oil to a brake.

Holes 50 for the handlebar are formed to allow the handlebar 7 to penetrate the left and right flanks of the rear cover 18 and protrude on both left and right sides (see Figure 4). The handles 7b and 7b are mounted on the handle parts of the handlebar 7 (see Figure 3).

In addition, holes 52 of brake levers have been formed to allow the brake levers 51 to penetrate the left and right flanks of the front cover 17 as shown in Figure 3 and Figure 5 and protrude on both left and right sides. . In addition, holes 54 that allow the penetration of the mirror supports 53 that support the mirrors 24, are formed behind the front cover 17. These holes are U-shaped, which opens towards the edge line 40.

The rear cover 18 has a V-shaped edge 55 that is narrow at the rear (bottom in the drawings) and expands left and right wide to the front (top in the figures) as shown in figure 1 and figure 4 and, together with the edge of a bridge 72 (see figure 6) to be described later, it forms a hole for mounting the measuring unit. And the measuring unit 38 has been arranged so as to maintain its rear surface (lower flank in the figures) along this V-shaped edge 55.

In Figure 3, the top edge of the headlight 20 supports face to face at the front edges of the meter viewer 25 and the secondary covers 19, and its left, right and bottom parts support face to face on the front cover

17. The headlight 20 is provided with a reflector 56, and a bulb 57 is disposed in the focal position of the reflector 56. The front surface of the headlight 20 is covered with a lens 58. The lens 58, as can be understood from the figure 20, has a lens surface whose upper end is placed behind the lower end. On the front cover 17 and the rear cover 18, protrusions to be used have been formed when placing the covers together and protrusions to be used when coupling each of the covers to the headlight 20 and the measuring unit 38.

The part of the handlebar cover 16 towards the lower end has been formed in a cylindrical body surrounding the steering shaft 7a. In Figure 4, projections 59 projecting towards the front cover 17 are formed towards the lower end of the rear cover 18 which constitutes the rear half of the cylindrical body of the handlebar cover 16. And as shown in Figure 3, indentations 60 having holes that allow the penetration of fixing screws towards the back cover 18, are formed in the front cover 17 in the positions respectively in front of the projections 59 in the back cover 18.

Projections 63 protruding towards the rear cover 18 are formed in the parts of the front cover 17 to the left and right of the headlight 20. Fixing screws (not shown) that allow to insert the supports (not shown) that protrude to the left and right of the headlight 20 from the rear cover 18, are screwed into said projections 63. Projections 17a protruding towards the rear cover 18 have also been formed in the front cover 17, and the projection tips 18a (to be described later) that protruding from the rear cover 18 towards the front cover 17 are in front of these projections 17a. In the front cover 17 a projection 67 has also been formed in which a fixing screw (to be described later with reference to FIG. 20) is screwed through, which can pass through a hole in a support 79 formed above the headlamp 20.

In FIG. 4, on the rear cover 18, projections 61 projecting towards the measuring unit 38 are formed in positions that match the rear side walls of the measuring unit 38. On these projections 61, fastening screws that can be screwed insert holes in supports 38A (to be described later with reference to FIG. 11) formed in the measuring unit 38 on the side of the measuring unit 38. In the rear cover 18, projections 62 are also formed, projecting towards the front cover 17 together to oil level check holes 49. These projections 62 are arranged to join the rear cover 18 to the handlebar 7 (the way of joining it will be described later with reference to Figure 7).

The meter display 25 is mounted on the rear cover 18 with two fixing screws 66. As shown in Figure 3, the rear cover 18 is provided with a pair of left and right brackets 77 which have threaded holes in which screw the fixing screws 66 (see figure 3 and figure 6).

Figure 6 is a rear perspective view of the handlebar cover 16 in a state in which the meter viewer 25 and the front cover 17 have been removed, and Figure 7 is a perspective view of the inside of the essential part of the back cover 18, where the same reference signs as in Figures 1 to 5 denote respectively the same elements. In Figure 1, Figure 5, and Figure 6, the secondary covers 19 have brackets 19a that bulge to the side facing the meter viewer 25 and have suspension ratchets 19b, 19c, and 19d that bulge down in the sides facing the front cover 17 and the rear cover 18. The supports 19a have holes 64, fixing screws 65 are passed through these holes 64 below, as shown in Figure 5, and these fixing screws 65 are screwed into projections 25a arranged in the meter viewer 25 to attach the secondary covers 19 to the meter viewer 25. At the edges of the front cover 17 facing the left and right outer sides of the secondary covers 19, two slots , not shown, have been formed in positions where the suspension ratchets 19b and 19c can be inserted from above, and on the edge of the rear cover 18 a groove, not shown, has been formed in a position where the ratchets This suspension 19d can be inserted from above. Therefore, an assembly that integrates the meter display 25 and the secondary covers 19 can be engaged with a front case 17 and a rear case 18 by inserting the hanging pawls 19b, 19c and 19d above into the respective adaptation slots in the front case 17 and the rear case 18.

In Figure 6, an indicator display section 68 is arranged above the measuring unit 38. The indicator display section 68 is provided with turn signal indicators 69 and 70 arranged in a row in the left-right direction and the lighting status indicator 71 of the headlamp 20 disposed between the turn signal indicators 69 and 70.

A part of the rear cover 18 has the bridge 72 which extends from the left and right parts of the measuring unit 38 towards the central part and crosses the area in front of the indicator display section 68, and this bridge 72 is formed by the forward projection of a projection 74 to be used to join the bridge 72 to the support 73 (to be described later with reference to Figure 12) of the lower case 106 of the measuring unit 38. The bridge 72 is provided with a hole 76 for allow a fixing screw 75 that penetrates the projection 74 and is screwed to the support 73 and the projections 18a arranged in two positions and that has holes for the fixing screws (see Figure 10) to penetrate the object of joining the viewfinder from gauges 25 to bridge 72.

Further out of the projections 18a and 18a to the left and right are the supports 77 and 77. These supports 77 have threaded holes for mounting the meter display 25 on the back cover 18 with the fixing screws 66 and 66 (see Figure 4).

From a headlight housing 78 which is part of the headlight 20, the support 79 protrudes to mount the housing 78 to the meter display 25. In addition, a windshield support 80 is provided on each of the secondary covers 19 to support the windshield 26 penetrating it Windshield mounts 80 have studs 81 in four forward positions to mount windshield 26.

In Fig. 7, a support 82 is attached forward to the handlebar 7, and to the support 82, which extends further up, another support 83 has been attached. At the lower end of the windshield supports 80 that penetrate the secondary covers 19, supports 84 have been attached and, by bolting these supports 84 to the support 82 on the handlebar side, the windshield 26 is attached to the handlebar 7. The reference sign 85 denotes a bolt inserted from the side of the support 84, and the sign of reference 86 denotes a nut attached to the underside of the support 82.

The support 83 is facing the front end face of the projections 62 formed in the rear cover 18 and, by screwing a fixing screw 87 to the projections 62 through the support 83, the rear cover 18 is attached to the handlebar 7. The reference sign 88 denotes a mounting hole for the turn signal switch 43. In addition, reference sign 89 denotes a link element for linking the handlebar 7 with the steering shaft 7a.

Figure 8 is a cross-sectional view of the projections 63 of the front cover 17. Holes 63a into which the fastening screws (cutting thread screws) can be screwed are formed in the projections 63.

Figure 9 is a cross-sectional view of the indentations 60 formed in the front cover 17, where the protrusions 59 of the rear cover 18 are also shown. In the lower parts of the indentations 60 of the front cover 17 holes have been formed which allow the penetration of fixing screws 90, while threaded holes to be able to screw said fixing screws 90 are formed in the projections 59 formed in the back cover 18. Therefore, the front cover 17 and the back cover 18 can be joint together by inserting the fixing screws 90 from the side of the front cover 17 and screwing them to the rear cover 18.

Figure 10 is a cross-sectional view of the area where the projections 17a of the front cover 17 and the projections 18a of the rear cover face each other. In Figure 10, in the part of the front cover 17 covered by the meter display 25, the projections 17a protrude towards the rear cover 18. The tips of these projections 17a are opposite the tips of the projections 18a formed on the side of the rear cover 18. Holes that allow the penetration of fixing screws 18c are in the projections 18a on the side of the rear cover 18, and threaded holes to be able to screw the fixing screws 18c are formed in the projections 17a in the side of the front cover 17. This configuration allows the fastening screws 18c to be screwed into the threaded holes of the projections 17a from the side of the rear cover 18 through the projections 18a and thereby joining the front cover 17 and the cover rear 18.

Next, the measuring unit 38 and the meter display 25 will be described in detail. Figure 11 is a front view of the measuring unit 38; Figure 12 is a bottom view of the measuring unit 38; Figure 13 is a cross-sectional view between arrows A and A in Figure 11; Figure 14 is a cross-sectional view between arrows B and B in Figure 11; Figure 15 is a cross-sectional view between arrows C and C in Figure 11; Figure 16 is a cross-sectional view between arrows D and D in Figure 11; and Figure 17 is a cross-sectional view between arrows E and E in Figure 11.

In Figure 11, the measuring unit 38 whose outer shape is substantially that of an inverted triangle as seen from the front, has an instrument section 91 and the indicator display section 68 placed in front of the instrument section 91. The section Instrument 91 includes a speedometer 92, a fuel meter 93, a cooling water thermometer 94, a speedometer 95 and a clock 96. The speedometer 92 is arranged back in the center of the measuring unit 38 (toward the bottom in Figure 11), the fuel meter 93, on the right side of the measuring unit 38 forward (towards the top right in Figure 11), the thermometer of the cooling water 94, on the left side of the measuring unit 38 forward (to the upper left in Figure 11) and the odometer 95 and the clock 96, substantially in the middle between the fuel meter 93 and the water thermometer refrigerant 94.

Therefore, the measuring unit 38 has a general inverted triangle shape that is narrower from left to right in the rear area where the speedometer 92 is located and wider in the front area where multiple instruments are arranged in the left direction -right; in particular, the instrument section 91 is a deformed inverted triangle having regions 38a and 38b that bulge forward to left and right (up to left and right in Figure 11) to allow the needles of the fuel meter 93 and the coolant water thermometer 94 rotate. And between regions 38a and 38b, namely, between the bulging parts, the indicator display section 68 has been arranged.

In the instrument section 91, an oil anomaly indicator 97, an ABS indicator 98 and an immobilization indicator 99 in addition to the instruments are provided. In addition, a handling element 100 is provided on the left side of the upper surface of the measuring unit 38 to make the odometer 95 make a travel presentation, and on the right side a handling element 101 is provided to regulate the watch.

The boxes of the measuring unit 38 include an upper box 102 and a lower box (to be described later), and the handling elements 100 and 101 are, outside the upper box 102, components made of rubber to be arranged in parts 103 and 104 which bulge from the left and right edges towards the speedometer 92. In addition, the upper case 102 has a bulged part 105 to form the indicator display section

68. The domed parts 103, 104 and 105 have horizontal parts (the parts 103 and 104 shown in Figure 11) that bulge inwardly from the flanks of the measuring unit 38 and reverse parts 134 that hang downward, namely, on a dial plate 110, from these horizontal parts 103 and 104. The horizontal parts, namely the bulged parts 103, 104 and 105, including the reverse parts 134, are formed of opaque elements unlike a transparent lens 107 which covers the instrument section 91 of the measuring unit

38.

Around the lens 107 of the measuring unit 38, the upper part in Figure 11 (namely, the part towards the front of the body) is contiguous to the domed part 105, and to the left, to the right and below there Level interval surfaces 107a one step lower than the upper surface of the lens 107, and the configuration is such that the edges of the handlebar cover 16 (the front cover 17 and the rear cover 18) overlap these surfaces of 107a level interval.

The pair of supports 38A has been arranged on the flanges of the lower case 106 of the measuring unit 38. These supports 38A, which are in front of the projections 62 (see Figure 4) of the rear cover 18, are used when the measuring unit 38 is fixed to the rear cover 18 by screwing fixing screws (not shown), which can be passed from the side of the support 38A, to the projections 62.

The configuration of the measuring unit will be better described with reference to the cross-sectional views. In Figures 13 to 16, the boxes of the measuring unit 38 include the upper case 102, the lower case 106 and the lens 107. The lens 107 and the upper case 102 are joined to each other by insert molding. The support 73 protrudes upwards in the front of the lower case 106 (towards the upper right in Figure 13), and this support 73 is joined using the fixing screw 75 that penetrates the projection 74 formed in the bridge 72 of the back cover 18. In this way the measuring unit 38 is made to be maintained by the back cover 18 (the bridge 72) joining this support 73 and the supports 38A to the back cover 18 with fixing screws.

The lens 107 is snapped onto the upper case 102, and a circuit board (hereinafter simply called "the board") 108, an inner box 109 and the dial plate 110 are arranged in the space between the upper case 102 and the lower case 106.

The plate 108 is held on ribs 111 that protrude upward from the lower case 106 (see Figure 15 and Figure 16) and is mounted in the lower box 106 with multiple fixing screws 112. By the way, the fixing screws 112 they penetrate plate 108 and screw into inner box 109. This causes plate 108 and inner box 109 to be fixed together to lower box 106. Dial plate 110 is mounted from above in inner box 109 using screws fixation 113.

LEDs (photo-emitting diodes) 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120 and 121 have been arranged on the plate 108, which make the readings on the dial plate 110 easier by radiating light to the dial plate 110 behind.

In Figure 15, LED 114, intended to radiate light to the outer circumference of the speedometer 92, radiates light to a region limited by an optical waveguide 123 formed in the inner box 109. LED 115, intended to radiate light to The inner circumference of the speedometer 92 (namely, the central part of the speedometer needle 124) radiates light to a region bounded by an optical waveguide 125 surrounded by the inner box 109.

In Fig. 15, a bushing 146 provided with terminals 145 for supplying power to components in the plate 108 from an external power source and sending sensing signals of a switch 132 among others is disposed on the rear surface of the plate 108. The bushing 146, which penetrates hole 147 for bushing formed in lower case 106, may be coupled with a cap not shown.

In Figures 14 and 16, LED 116, intended to illuminate the outer circumference of the thermometer of the cooling water 94, radiates light to a region limited by an optical waveguide 126 surrounded by the inner box 109. LED 117, intended for illuminating the inner circumference of the coolant water thermometer 94 (namely, the central part of the needle of the coolant water thermometer 127), radiates light to a region bounded by an optical waveguide 128 surrounded by the inner box 109.

In Figure 14, LED 118, intended to illuminate the oil anomaly indicator, radiates light behind a transparent area for the oil anomaly indicator (the oil anomaly indicator represented in Figure 11) 97 formed in the dial plate 110 through an optical waveguide 129 surrounded by the inner box 109. The LED 119 is a taillight for the odometer 95 and the clock 96. In addition, the LED 120 radiates light to the ABS indicator 98 on the plate dial 110 behind.

In Fig. 13, LED 121 radiates light from behind the immobilization indicator 99 on dial plate 110 through an optical waveguide 122 surrounded by inner box 109.

The speedometer 92 and the cooling water thermometer 94 have drive mechanisms 130 and 131 and needles 124 and 127 respectively which drive mechanisms 130 and 131 rotate. The fuel meter 93 also has a similar drive mechanism and indicator.

In Figure 15 and Figure 16, the plate 108 is provided with the switch 132 which detects the operation to make the speedometer 92 carry out a travel presentation. Above the detection section of the switch 132, a rod 133 is arranged which is movably held up and down in the inner box 109 and, on top of this rod 133, the lower end of the handling element 100 has been placed. This configuration means that when the manipulation element 100 is pushed from above, the manipulation element 100 moves down by pushing the rod 133, and this action turns on the switch 132. Although not shown, a similar switch and rod are arranged in the handling element 101 to regulate the clock 96.

The bulging part 103 of the upper case 102 in which the handling element 100 is arranged has an inverse part (namely, a vertical wall) 134, and the presence of this vertical wall 134 prevents the appearance from being complex by preventing that the handling elements of the switch 132, including the lower part of the handling element 100, the rod 133 and the parts of the rod 133 that support the inner case 109, are visible through the lens 107.

The rod support portion 133 of the inner case 109 has a hole that penetrates vertically in the dial plate

110. This hole may be a groove 110a formed into the outer circumference to facilitate the arrangement of the handling elements 100 and 101 in the region of the dial plate 110.

A region 38c in which the speedometer 92 and the region 38a in which the cooling water thermometer 94 is arranged can be clearly divided from one another by the vertical wall 134. Similar inverse parts are also arranged in the part domed 104 and the indicator display section 68 of the upper case 102 in which the handling element 101 is arranged, and have the same function as the vertical wall 134.

The front edges 103a and 104a and the rear edges 103b and 104b of the bulging part 103 and the bulging part 104, continuous from lines 170, 171, 172 and 173 representing curved faces formed in the rear cover 18, have a unique appearance which gives a sense of continuity between the measuring unit 38 and the back cover 18 (see Figure 4).

In the domed part 105 of the upper box 102, a vertical wall 135 and a vertical wall 136 are arranged further inward, and in a region surrounded by these vertical walls 135 and 136 and an outer wall 137 of the upper box 102 has been formed the indicator display section 68. Namely, in the horizontal part of the bulged part 105, a lens 138 is snapped into each of three holes 158, 159 and 160 (only 160 is shown in Figure 13; see Figure 17 and Figure 19 for the rest)), and below the lenses 138 an LED plate 140 is arranged separately from the plate 108 and in a position higher than the plate 108, and an LED 139 is mounted on plate 140.

In addition, as shown in Figure 11 and Figure 13, an emblem 141 is disposed in the inner case 109 in a rearward position of the speedometer 92 and the immobilization indicator 99 (down in Figure 11 and to the left in the figure 13). Emblem 141 is mounted on the bottom of an indentation 109a by adhesion or otherwise so that it is housed in the indentation 109a formed in the upper part of the inner box 109. In the position that coincides with the indentation 109a, the dial plate 110 is open. And in a state in which the dial plate 110 is mounted in the inner case 109, the upper end face of the indentation 109a strongly adheres to the rear surface of the dial plate 110. Therefore, the LED light 121 for immobilization indicator 99, it does not escape towards emblem 141. When mounting emblem 141, emblem 141 can be attached to indentation 109a through the hole in dial plate 110 after mounting dial plate 110 in inner box 109 and, in addition, the alignment of emblem 141 is facilitated using the walls of indentation 109a.

In Figure 17, the LED plate 140 constituting the indicator display section 68 is fixed to the lower case 106 with fixing screws 142. The lenses 138 and the LEDs 139 are provided for turn signaling and indication of illumination of lighthouse, respectively. The upper box 102 is provided with multiple vertical walls 143 to limit the areas for turn signaling and beacon lighting indication. And the meter viewer 25 having holes 158, 159 and 160 is mounted so that it covers above the indicator display section 68 except for the parts in front of the lenses 138. Thus the holes are arranged so that they coincide with indicators 69 to 71, 158 and 159 so that the turn signal indicators 69 and 70 can be seen through and 160 to allow the illumination status indicator 71 to be seen therethrough.

In Figures 13 to 17, the meeting part between the upper box 102 and the lower box 106 has, with reference to Figure 16 for example, a part of reduced width 148 formed at the lower edge of the upper box 102, a slot 149 formed on the upper edge of the lower case 106 so as to hold the reduced width portion 148 on both sides, and a seal 150 that is housed in the bottom of the slot 149 and, in the assembled state, is pushed by the reduced width part 148 towards the bottom of the slot 149.

Figure 18 is a cross-sectional view between the arrows F and F in Figure 11 and represents the joint part between the upper case and the lower case. In FIG. 18, a projection 151 is formed which bulges towards the outer circumference of the upper box 102 and extends towards the lower box 106, and a support 152 extending below the upper edge of the lower box 106 and whose Bottom end horizontally bulges out. The lower end face of the projection 151 is facing the upper surface of the horizontally domed part of the support 152. In the projection 151 a threaded hole 153 is formed that extends up and down, and a hole that allows penetration Vertical of a fixing screw 154 has been formed in the horizontally domed part of the support 152. When the fixing screw 154 that passes from the bottom to the upper part in the horizontally domed part of the support 152 is threaded into the threaded hole 153 of the projection 151, this configuration allows the upper case 102 and the lower case 106 to be mounted with one another in a sealed state by the seal 150. By the way, the support 152 including the horizontally bent part and the fixing screw 154 is also shown in Figure 12

Figure 19 is a perspective view of the left rear part of the meter viewer 25. The shape of the meter viewer 25 will be better described with reference to Figure 4 and Figure 13 together. The meter viewer 25 has a peak 25p near the edge line 40 between the front cover 17 and the rear cover 18, and includes a front surface 155 that slopes downwardly from the tip 25p, a rear surface 156 that is tilts backward from the beak and a rear edge 157 that bulges from the rear surface 156 towards the measuring unit 38 constituting a cover of the indicator display section 68. The rear surface 156 is arranged substantially vertically, and the rear edge 157 is a surface disposed substantially parallel to dial plate 110 of the measuring unit 38. The rear edge 157 has holes 158, 159 and 160 that have shapes that coincide with the upper faces of the turn signal indicators 69 and 70 and the lighting status indicator 71.

The rear surface 156 includes left and right side parts 161 and 161 and a central part 162 sandwiched between the two side parts 161 and 161, and the central part 162 constitutes an indentation a level lower than, and in front of, the two side parts 161 and 161. And a region in front of the holes 158 to 160 at the rear edge 157 extends to the central part of the rear surface 156, namely the indentation 162. In addition, the holes 163 for inserting the fixing screws 66 and 66 and seats 164 have been formed in the two lateral parts 161 and

161.

In this way, the presence of the indentation 162 a lower level than, and in front of, the indicator display section 68 can prevent the rear surface 156 of the meter viewer 25 from intercepting the field of view when looking at the section indicator display 68 and thereby improve the visibility of the indicators.

Figure 20 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the headlight 20. The headlight 20 has, as described above, the reflector 56, the bulb 57, the lens 58, and the headlight housing 78 housing the bulb 57 and the reflector 56. The support 79 protrudes in the upper part of the headlight housing 78, and the projection 67 formed in the front cover 17 faces the front surface of the support 79. A rubber bushing protrusion 174 is snapped into the support 79, and a fixing screw 175 is screwed into the projection 67 through a hole formed in this rubber bushing projection 174. Supports similar to the support 79 bulge to the left and right of the headlight housing 78, and are attached to projections 63 with fixing screws. The rear end of the lens 58 is attached to the front end of the headlight housing 78.

The reflector 56 has a regulating axis 176 extending to the left and right, and the reflector 56 and the bulb 57 supported by the reflector 56 are supported so that they can swing up and down by the regulating axis 176 in the housing of headlight 78. In front of the headlight housing 78, a regulating bolt 177 is threaded into a bulb, and the tip of this regulating bolt 177 is formed therein. On the other hand, a support 178 has been formed that bulges down below the reflector 56, and the bulb at the tip of the regulating bolt 177 is attached to a bulb receptacle 179 in this holder 178 forming a universal joint.

In this configuration, by removing and inserting the regulating bolt 177 in the headlight housing 78, the reflector 56 can be tilted up and down by focusing it on the regulating axis 176 according to the feed made by the regulating bolt 177, and the direction of irradiation of headlamp 20 can be adjusted accordingly. In the drawing, the oscillated positions of the reflector 56 are indicated in dashed lines and lines.

A plug 180 to cover the part behind the bulb 57 is mounted at the rear of the headlight housing

78. Under the cap 180 a cylindrical cable holder 181 has been formed which allows a cable (not shown) to be introduced to supply power to the bulb 57.

Although this invention has been described so far with reference to its specific embodiment, obviously the invention is not limited to this embodiment, but those skilled in the art can modify or apply it without departing from the scope of the claims. For example, the motorcycle is not limited to a vehicle of the internal combustion engine type, but the application objects also include handlebars of a hybrid vehicle that uses an internal combustion engine and an electric motor or an electric motor vehicle. Therefore, the types and numbers of switches arranged in the handlebar cover 16 or of instruments and indicators arranged in the measuring unit 38 can be varied so that they are suitable for the type of the vehicle, and the supports can be dispensed with of windshields 80 that penetrate the secondary covers 19 in a vehicle that does not have windshields.

The present invention relates to providing a motorcycle from which multiple components, including the headlamp and the measuring unit, are mounted on the handlebar cover and arranged in the handlebar area separated from each other.

A headlight 20 is arranged in a front cover 17 which constitutes a handlebar cover 16 and a measuring unit 38 is arranged in a rear cover 18. A meter display 25 is disposed between the headlight 20 and the measuring unit 38. A pair of left and right secondary covers 19 are arranged between the viewfinder of

5 meters 25 and the front cover 17. The secondary covers 19 are adjacent to the headlight 20, the meter display 25, the measuring unit 38, the front cover 17 and the rear cover 18. The secondary covers 19 extend from the rear ends left and right of the headlight 20 to the left and right front ends of the measuring unit 38, and have a connection aspect of the headlight 20 and the measuring unit 19. The secondary covers 19 are provided with windshield supports 80 that penetrate them vertically.

Claims (5)

1. A motorcycle (1) including: a handlebar (7) to steer the vehicle; a handlebar cover (16) covering the handlebar (7) except its handle parts (7b); a headlight (20) that is mounted on a front part of the handlebar cover (16) and has a lens surface whose upper end is placed behind a lower end; Y a measuring unit (38) that is mounted on a rear part of the handlebar cover (16) at a distance from the headlight (20) and has a lens surface whose upper end is placed in front of a lower end, characterized in that it has been provided a pair of left and right secondary covers (19) formed of elements other than the handlebar cover (16) and arranged adjacent to the headlamp (20) and the measuring unit (38), and the secondary covers (19) are mounted on the handlebar cover (16) with its front ends positioned adjacent to the upper left and right ends of the headlight (20) and its rear ends placed adjacent to the upper left and right ends of the measuring unit (38), where a windshield (26) is provided, supported by windshield supports (80) arranged vertically penetrating the secondary covers (19); Y The windshield mounts (80) have brackets (84) attached to their lower ends, the brackets (84) being linked to handlebar brackets (82) attached on the handlebar side (7). 2. The motorcycle (1) according to claim 1, where the handlebar cover (16) includes a front cover (17) and a rear cover (18); a meter viewer (25) is provided which is mounted between the headlamp (20) and the measuring unit (38), placed at a distance from each other, with its leading edge and trailing edge positioned adjacent to the headlamp (20) and the unit meter (38), respectively; Y The pair of left and right secondary covers (19) are arranged to the left and right of the meter display (25), respectively. 3. The motorcycle (1) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the measuring unit (38) has front parts that bulge forward to the left and right; the headlight (20) has rear parts that bulge from behind to the left and right; and the secondary covers (19) are mounted with their front ends resting on the rear parts of the headlamp (20) and its rear ends resting on the front parts of the measuring unit (38). 4. The motorcycle (1) according to claim 3, where the measuring unit (38) has an indicator display section (68) disposed between the front parts that bulge forward to the left and right; the meter display (25) includes a rear edge (157) having a surface in front of an upper surface of the indicator display section (68); Y Multiple holes (158, 159, 160) in front of individual display sections (69, 70, 71) included in the indicator display section (68) are formed at the rear edge (157). 5. The motorcycle (1) according to claim 4, where the meter viewer (25) has a rear surface (156) that expands forward upward from the rear edge (157) and a front surface (155) that expands forward downwardly from the rear surface (156); Y on the rear surface (156) an indentation (162) has been formed which has a surface whose central part is a step behind both left and right ends of the rear surface (156).